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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office with 58.6 percent of the vote, in an election disputed by his main rival Bobi Wine who trailed with 34.8 percent, the electoral commission announced on Saturday. “The electoral commission declares Yoweri Museveni… elected President of the republic of […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said the country will close all travel corridors from Monday as part of efforts to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus. According to the BBC, travel corridors were introduced in the summer to allow people travelling from some countries with low numbers […]

Popular singers, Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will perform at US President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony in Washington on January 20th. The transition team said the event will also feature remarks from a black firefighter from Georgia, a former Youth Poet Laureate, a Catholic priest, and a pastor from Biden’s […]

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has a clear lead in the presidential race following Thursday’s vote, early official preliminary results show. But his main challenger, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, said that tally was the result of the worst rigging in Ugandan electoral history. Election monitors say confidence in the count has […]

The number of people inoculated in Israel for coronavirus passed the two million threshold Thursday, with the prime minister saying there was “light at the end of the tunnel”. Israel “will become the first country to emerge from the corona crisis,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted. “We see the light […]

Nigeria and Benin Republic are to construct a cross-border bridge along River Wara in Ngaski local government area of Kebbi State. Speaking at a meeting in Kebbi State, the Director-General, National Boundary Commission, Adamu Adaji said a team was in Kebbi, in continuation of talks between the two countries. He […]

Donald Trump faces trial in the Senate after becoming the first US president to be charged with misconduct in office for a second time.BBC reports. Mr Trump is accused of inciting a mob that stormed Congress last week after he repeated false claims of election fraud. Five people died. The […]

The US House of Representatives is deciding whether to impeach President Donald Trump over his role in last week’s storming of Congress. Democrats accuse the president of encouraging his supporters to attack the Capitol building. Five people died. Some in Mr Trump’s Republican party say they will join Democrats to […]

Zambia’s presidency on Sunday announced the sacking of the country’s health minister, arrested for alleged graft last year but cleared of charges.AFP reports. Chitalu Chilufya, 48, was held in June following accusations he used ill-gotten gains to acquire property. A court cleared him of the charges in August due to […]

Mike Pence will attend the upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden, multiple media reports said Saturday, the vice president becoming the latest longtime loyalist to abandon an increasingly isolated President Donald Trump. Relations between Trump and Pence previously one of the mercurial president’s staunchest defenders  have nosedived since Wednesday when the […]